American anti-doping chiefs have given a parliamentary select committee the green light to discuss their ongoing investigation into Sir Mo Farah’s coach when they quiz UK Athletics officials over an infusion given to the four-times Olympic champion.

As Sportsmail revealed last month, Farah is under fresh scrutiny after it emerged that UK Athletics medical staff did not properly record an infusion he received for a controversial supplement ahead of the 2014 London Marathon.

And it has led to the doctor who gave the infusion – current England football team medic and then UKA doctor Robin Chakraverty – being called along with other officials to face questions from MPs in Westminster next Wednesday.

Sir Mo Farah wins the Men's 5,000 metres final at the Muller Grand Prix in Birmingham

But the officials will not be able to hide behind the fact that Farah’s coach, Alberto Salazar, remains the subject of investigation by the United States Anti-Doping Agency because the Americans have provided the select committee for the Department of Culture, Media and Sport with an email stating that they are happy for questions to be answered on the subject.

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Senior sources confirmed toSportsmail that medical staff did not follow protocols by 'centrally logging' the infusion for L-carnitine given to Farah on the UKA system.

As a leaked report from the United States Anti-Doping Agency has already revealed, Farah's American coach, Alberto Salazar, has 'almost certainly' broken anti-doping regulations by giving infusions in excess of the permitted limit to six of his athletes at the Nike Oregon Project. The rules state that infusions of more than 50ml in the space of six hours are prohibited.

Dr. Robin Chakraverty has been called to face questions from MPs in Westminster

L-carnitine is a legal supplement but in the same leaked USADA documents Salazar tells his friend Lance Armstrong of its 'incredible' performing-enhancing qualities. 'It's amazing,' declared Salazar.

According to the USADA report Farah was given the infusion in April 2014 by Chakraverty, who continues to work with UKA one day a week.

And while UKA have insisted 'a comprehensive record' of the infusion, including details of the amount, has been passed to the anti-doping authorities, USADA have been unable to establish how much was actually taken because of the way it was recorded.

Farah’s coach, Alberto Salazar, is being investigated by the United States Anti-Doping Agency

It is believed there are a series of emails but the failure to follow the precise medical protocols is understood to be a source of concern at both USADA and UK Anti-Doping.

MPs have also called UKA head of endurance Barry Fudge and Dr John Rogers, who raised concerns about some of Salazar's practices — and the fact that Salazar's 'off-label and unconventional' uses of certain prescription medications was endangering Farah's health — after attending a training camp in 2011. Rogers sent an email to UKA detailing the issues and passed that email to USADA investigators.

UKA chairman Ed Warner has also been called to give evidence, as has under-pressure UK Sport chief executive Liz Nicholl, who can also expect questions from MPs on the current crisis in British cycling. All have confirmed to the committee that they will attend.